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JetBlue PBI to DCA on-time performance

JetBlue nonstop flights from West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
65%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.2%
16 flights
Avg arrival delay
31 min
85 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • JetBlue flights on PBI to DCA arrived on time 65% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.2% were cancelled, and 17% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (52%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 56.5% on time, 5.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 72.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 62.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 65.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.2% on time, 1.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 58.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 64.6% on time, 5.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 52.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 50.8% on time, 1.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 45.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 80.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 84.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.5% on time, 14.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft52%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion29%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)17%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PBI to DCA

Full PBI to DCA comparison →
JetBlue on-time record across all routes →

743 JetBlue flights tracked on this route; 16 cancelled, 2 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.